Little Miners Library
This week's dig · Oct 12 to 17

Space week

Rockets, moons and the people who reached for them.

Grab your hard hat
Cartoon girl with a long braid pushing a cart full of books

How old is your reader?

Showing the week for junior high.

Monday

Theme book
Cover of Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition

Margot Lee Shetterly

The women who did the math that put people in space. Inspiring and true.

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Tuesday

Theme book
Cover of Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson · Hardcover

Short chapters on very big ideas. Good for a curious mind on a busy week.

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Wednesday

Theme book
Cover of Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon

Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon

Suzanne Slade

The whole Apollo story in verse, with stunning art. Reads fast.

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Thursday

Theme book
Cover of Women in Space

Women in Space

Karen Bush Gibson

Profiles of women who flew, from the first to today. Easy to read a few at a time.

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Friday

Related story
Cover of A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

A strange, wonderful classic about traveling across the universe for someone you love.

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Saturday

Play day

Model rocket starter kit

Build it together and launch it in a big open field. Grown-up help needed.

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Craft of the week · for all ages

Paper plate planets

1. Give everyone a paper plate and pick a planet to make. 2. Paint it. Swirl colors for Jupiter, red for Mars, blue for Earth. 3. While it dries, cut a ring from a second plate for Saturn. 4. Add a string and hang them in order across a doorway. 5. Say the order out loud each time you walk under them.
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